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USC bomb threat came from psychiatric ward, police sources sayFrom the L.A. Times – A bomb threat at USC that shut down a part of campus turned out to be a hoax by a caller from the psychiatric ward at County-USC Hospital.

The caller had apparently reported various crimes earlier in the day, the sources said. He finally got the attention of authorities when he reported a “nuclear weapon” at the USC campus.

Wilson High students deny witness intimidation charges in Melody Ross caseFrom the Long Beach Press-Telegram – LONG BEACH – Two Wilson High School students on Wednesday denied charges that they tried to intimidate a witness in the murder of a classmate after the 2009 homecoming game.

The girls, who have not been identified because they are minors, are accused of trying to intimidate witnesses who testified on April 15 and 16 in the preliminary hearing for two local gang members accused of killing 16-year-old Melody Ross, a Wilson honor student, at the end of the high school’s homecoming game last October.

Police officer sentenced for 3 DUIsFrom the Orange County Register – WESTMINSTER – An Anaheim police officer was sentenced to 10 months in jail Wednesday after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

Kevin Noel Schlueter, 37, of Costa Mesa, must serve six months in a residential drug treatment facility as a condition of his sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Michael Cassidy. He was also placed on five years of informal probation and ordered to attend a multiple-offender alcohol program.

Pomona middle school burglarized, computers and money stolenFrom the L.A. Daily News – POMONA – Authorities today were investigating a burglary at a Pomona middle school in which computer equipment and about $1,000 raised by students was taken, according to police and broadcast reports.

Former Ultimate Fighting champion Tito Ortiz wipes a tear from his eye as he listens to his attorney Chip Matthews speaks to the media Monday, April 26, 2010, at the Firenze Osteria restaurant in North Hollywood. Ortiz had been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence towards his girlfriend Jenna Jameson. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

Ortiz was arrested in Huntington Beach at the home he shares with Jameson and their twin sons. Several hours after posting bail, Ortiz and his attorney accused Jameson of drug addiction and claimed Ortiz never struck her.

Two men wheel ATM with $15,000 out of Garden Grove hotel lobby:From the L.A. Times – Two men remain at large after wheeling away an ATM machine full of $15,000 in cash early Monday morning and arousing the suspicion of coffee shop worker.

According to Garden Grove police, one of the men, who wheeled a moving dolly into the lobby of the Crown Plaza Hotel about 5:10 a.m. Monday, was wearing a black vest with yellow lettering that could have been confused for a police or security guard uniform.

Police search for suspect who attacked man with box cutter on MTA bus:From the L.A. Daily News – An assailant with a box cutter attacked a man on an MTA bus #270 at Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue today, authorities said.

The victim, who was attacked about 1:30 a.m., was taken to a hospital with a head wound.
Peeking at celebrity medical records lands former UCLA researcher in prison:From the L.A. Daily News – A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher will spend four months in federal prison for illegally peaking at confidential private records of celebrities, high-profile patients and co-workers.

Man crashes car into DMV building during driving test:From the Whittier Daily News – Driving tests at the DMV can be nerve-wracking. Just ask Lucas Holliday.

When the 18-year-old Whittier man got behind the wheel Monday at the Department of Motor Vehicle office on Painter Avenue, he promptly lost control of his beige 2006 Toyota Corolla and smashed into the west wall of the DMV building.